Notable San Francisco: 3/4–3/10
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Posts Tagged: wendy macnaughton
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Damian Duffy and John Jennings
Damian Duffy and John Jennings discuss their new graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s classic novel Kindred.
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The Rumpus 2016 Holiday Gift Guide
We’ve gathered up our favorite gifting ideas this holiday season and put them together into one handy list!
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton on their new book Knives & Ink, cooking with pigs’ heads, and long-distance collaboration.
...moreBig News for the October Rumpus Book Club
October will be a homecoming of sorts for the Rumpus Book Club. Six and a half years ago, Stephen Elliott came up with this new idea for a book club—we’ll get books that haven’t been released yet and talk about them and chat online with the authors. Sometimes maybe club members will review the books […]
...moreTo Sleep, Perchance to Write
You’ve read about famous authors’ workspaces, writing schedules, and semi-compulsive rituals, but have you read about their sleep habits? Brain Pickings’s Maria Popova collaborated with information designer Giorgia Lupi and Rumpus illustrator Wendy MacNaughton to create a series of super-charming illustrations of writers correlating their wake-up times with their creative productivity. (Of course Bukowski got up at noon.) Check […]
...moreEarly Birds vs. Sleeping Beauties.
We all know that beauty sleep requires at least 7 hours, but how long is the perfect amount for writers? At Brain Pickings, Maria Popova teamed up with Italian graphic designer Giorgia Lupi and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton for this interesting graphic,which is focused on the sleeping habits and productivity of authors.
...moreNotable San Francisco: 11/4–11/10
Monday 11/4: Founder of StoryCorps, Dave Isay, comes to Book Passage to discuss Ties That Bind, a collection of conversations that celebrate the human bond. Free, 6pm. Tuesday 11/5: The RADAR Reading Series continues with Rumpus contributors/Lost Cat coauthors Wendy MacNaughton and Caroline Paul. Plus Griselda Suarez, Laura Ceron Melo, and Travis Jeppesen. Free, 6pm at the San Francisco […]
...more“I Stand on the Street and Observe and Draw”
When I was little I had this drawing workbook that I would use after school. On the front of it was a picture of a little kid, my age at the time (maybe 8) and he was drawing with a plate of cookies and glass of milk in front of him. I remember pointing at […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton
Discussing their collaborative book, Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton tackle neighbors, sexuality, and the fetishization of pets.
...moreGo Find Lost Cat
Where does your cat go when he’s missing, and what would you do to find out? Rumpus contributors Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton went all the way, employing kitty-stalking gear like cameras and trackers to peer into their pet’s secret life. Go read the whole story in their new book Lost Cat, a beautifully illustrated “true […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Dmitry Samarov
Dmitry’s spontaneous cab drawings had such great composition and confidence. You could almost feel his grimace in so many of his lines.
...more“A miracle is just an accident, with fancy trappings”
Happy Birthday, Susan Sontag. You would have been 80 today. Here is an entry from her collection of journals and notebooks, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh. Also, check out Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton and Maria Popova’s fantastic collaborative illustration, Susan Sontag on Art.
...morePen & Ink, The Book!
Big news from Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald and artist Wendy MacNaughton: Pen & Ink, the duo’s Tumblr devoted to tattoos and the stories behind them, will be made into a book! The book promises favorite classics along with never before seen pieces. Get excited–and submit your tattoo stories!
...moreSusan Sontag on Art: Illustrated Diary Excerpts
Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton has teamed up with Maria Popova (of Brain Pickings) to illustrate selected excerpts from Susan Sontag’s diaries. The artwork is available on Etsy as an 11×14 print on heavy cotton rag paper with razored edges in a limited edition of 300, signed and numbered, bearing a hand-stamped inscription on the back. They’re also donating a […]
...moreElection 2012: curious what NPR looks like behind the scenes?
Last night, Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton went behind the scenes with NPR to create “live illustrations” of their election coverage. Check out some of Wendy’s NPR illustrations at “Election 2012: What Radio Looks Like.” Below are a few we think are particularly cool:
...moreHuman Communication
Artist Wendy MacNaughton diagrams the stages of human communication over the course of a lifetime.
...moreTake the Wiggle
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton illustrates Robin Sloan’s San Francisco situated New York Times piece. With her signature wit, MacNaughton breaks down arm signals for S.F. bicyclists. Study up after the jump:
...moreWendy MacNaughton Featured in Japanese Mag
Rumpus contributor and artist extraordinaire Wendy MacNaughton is profiled in Japanese art and design magazine DPI. Check out the featured drawings — you can find our own Isaac “Motherfucking” Fitzgerald across the page from Joan Didion.
...moreWendy MacNaughton Goes to Death Valley
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton kept an illustrated diary of her “short, no frills” road trip through Death Valley for AFAR Magazine. Join MacNaughton for the opening of her ExtraOrdinary show at The Curiosity Shoppe (855 Valencia Street) tomorrow evening. Thursday, June 21st, 6-8pm.
...moreShould I Check My Email?
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton’s flowchart helps us answer the ever-present question:
...moreSugar’s (Illustrated) Coming Out Party!
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton illustrates last night’s Sugar Party in San Francisco:
...moreCoffee Forever
Rumpus artist Wendy MacNaughton brings us a much-needed coffee break. Enjoy:
...more“Less Judging, More Hugging”
What happens when hip people reproduce? “Babies are the New Black,” is Wendy MacNaughton’s illustration for 7×7. Because babies can be as hip as you want them to be!
...more48 Hours of Magazine-Making, Illustrated
48 hours of grueling magazine production never looked so pretty. Here is the making of Issue 2 of Longshot Magazine, as illustrated by our columnist Wendy MacNaughton.
...moreWriters and their Snack Choices
What kind of caloric encouragement do writers need to get through a day? Snack choices are among the most important quotidian decisions we make, and often we’re consistent with the ones that work best. Our very own Wendy MacNaughton charts the snack decisions of authors in this beautiful graphic for the New York Times. She […]
...moreMeanwhile, Outtakes
Rumpus contributor and artist Wendy MacNaughton has posted a couple of outtakes from her fantastic “Meanwhile, Mission Bartenders” piece. Check ’em out.
...moreMEANWHILE, Mission Bartenders
Wendy MacNaughton illustrates the world of Mission District bartenders in San Francisco. …more
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